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Panhard-Levassor (1890–1895). This model was the first automobile to circulate in Portugal. 1890s: Bike boom sweeps Europe and America with hundreds of bicycle manufacturers in the biggest bicycle craze to date. 1890: Clément Ader of Muret, France creates his Ader Éole. "Ader claimed that while he was aboard the Ader Eole he made a steam ...
1890 – Sherman Antitrust Act; 1890 – Jacob Riis published "How the Other Half Lives" 1890 – Sherman Silver Purchase Act; 1890 – McKinley Tariff; 1890 – Yosemite National Park created; 1890 – Idaho and Wyoming become states; 1890 – Wounded Knee Massacre; 1890 – National American Woman Suffrage Association founded
July 14 – John H. Gear, U.S. Senator from Iowa from 1895 to 1900 (born 1825) August 2 – John Mason Loomis, lumber tycoon, Union militia colonel in the American Civil War and philanthropist (born 1825) August 5 – Luke Pryor, U.S. Senator from Alabama in 1880 (born 1820) August 12 – James Edward Keeler, astronomer (born 1857)
April 15 – A. Philip Randolph, African American labor union leader (died 1979) April 18 – Harold Saxton Burr, scientist (died 1973) April 21 A. J. Balaban, Russian-American businessman, co-founded Balaban and Katz (died 1962) Walter Costello, gangster (died 1917) S. W. Harrington, American football player, coach, and physician (died 1975)
January–June period – George W. Johnson becomes the first African American to record phonograph cylinders, in New York. January 2 – Alice Sanger becomes the first female staffer in the White House. [1] January 22 – The United Mine Workers is founded. January 25 – Journalist Nellie Bly completes her round-the-world journey in 72 days.
After 1890, the tariff on wool did affect an important industry, but otherwise the tariffs were designed to keep American wages high. The conservative Republican tradition, typified by William McKinley was a high tariff, while the Democrats typically called for a lower tariff to help consumers but they always failed until 1913.
1890 was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar, the 1890th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 890th year of the 2nd millennium, the 90th year of the 19th century, and the 1st year of the 1890s decade. As of the start of 1890, the ...
1890 1890 Revolution of the Park: Argentina: Civic Union: 1890 1890 First Franco-Dahomean War: Kingdom of Porto-Novo. French Third Republic. Kingdom of Dahomey: 1890 1916 Castaic Range War: William Willoby Jenkins. Los Angeles Rangers. William C. Chormicle 1895 1900 Colorado Range War: Cattle Barons: Homesteader and Rustlers 1890 1891 Ghost ...